Vehicle Acquisition Network (VAN) is an automotive software platform built to help car dealerships acquire high-quality used vehicles directly from private sellers—without relying on auctions. As wholesale prices rise and vehicle availability tightens, VAN empowers dealers with tools to source inventory faster, more profitably, and with greater control.
VAN aggregates local FSBO (for-sale-by-owner) listings, applies real-time market data to assess profitability, and automates communication with sellers at scale. Buyers can manage leads, track seller conversations, and streamline acquisition workflows through an intuitive CRM-style dashboard designed specifically for dealership teams.
For dealers who don’t have dedicated acquisition staff, VAN offers a Managed Buyer program, pairing stores with expert buyers who actively source, engage, and negotiate with private sellers on their behalf—saving time and boosting acquisition volume without internal hiring.
VAN is trusted by hundreds of dealerships across North America—from independent rooftops to franchise groups—looking to beat Carvana and CarMax at their own game. It's the smarter way to buy cars.
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A cloud LIMS that tracks samples, tests results, and manages inventory for life science research, industrial QC labs, and biotech/NGS. Includes regulatory support for CLIA and HIPAA, Part 11 and ISO 17025. The quality, security, traceability, and traceability for samples is crucial to a lab's success. Laboratory professionals can use the Lockbox LIMS system to manage their samples. They have full visibility of every step of the sample's journey from accession to long-term storage. LIMS analysis is more than just tracking results. Lockbox's multilayered sample storage and location management functionality lets you define your lab's storage structure using a variety location options: rooms and storage units, shelves and racks, boxes and boxes.
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BrightGauge
Founded in 2011, BrightGauge, a solution from ConnectWise, was created to address a crucial gap in the small to medium-sized IT services sector: the need for a more effective method of managing data and demonstrating the value of services provided to clients. The BrightGauge Software enables users to consolidate all vital business metrics into a single interface using gauges, dashboards, and client reports, enhancing visibility and comprehension. With over 1,800 companies globally using the platform, BrightGauge seamlessly integrates with well-known business applications such as ConnectWise, Continuum, Webroot, QuickBooks, Datto, IT Glue, Zendesk, Harvest, and Smileback, among others. Users can perform detailed analyses of their data by manipulating metrics through addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, with BrightGauge automatically calculating these operations. Additionally, if you want to showcase your responsiveness to ticket inquiries, you can easily present your data with embeddable gauges on public websites, making it a powerful tool for attracting potential clients and demonstrating your capabilities. The software not only enhances data management but also helps build trust with clients by transparently displaying performance metrics.
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SPC XL
XbarR, XbarS, Individuals, n, p, u, and np charts should be regularly updated after their initial creation, while also ensuring that any outliers are identified and displayed independently, so they do not interfere with the established control limits. Additional tools include histograms, capability analysis (Cpk), scatter plots with regression fitting, Pareto charts, dot plots, box plots, multiple regression analysis, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and calculations for sample sizes. Furthermore, it is essential to conduct measurement system analysis (Gage R&R) applicable to both quantitative and binomial data, along with creating cause and effect diagrams, main effects plots, cusum charts, product capability assessments, FMEA, and distribution calculators to enhance data-driven decision-making processes. Each of these analytical methods contributes to a comprehensive understanding of the data and its implications for quality control and improvement initiatives.
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